Apparatus for medicating air



H. R. FOWLER. 4Apparatus for Medoating Air.

No. 229,393. Pa'tented June 29., 1l

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bi1 n way WITNB'SSBS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.;

HENRY R. FOWLER, OF LEADVILLE, COLORADO.

APPARATUS FOR MEDICATING AIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 229,393, dated June 29, 1880.

Application filed October 3, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY It. FowLnE, of Leadville, in the county of Lake and State of Colorado, have invented a new and Improved Vaporizer, of which the i'ollowing is a specilication.

Figure lis an elevation of the device on lille a: fr, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is an elevation on line y y, 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

rIhe object of this invention is to furnish, for the benelit of invalids, an apparatus by means ot' which, with the aid of water and certain chemicals, the dry air of high altitudes may be 'made to resemble the moist air of low altitudes. i

In the drawings, A. represents the tank, trom the bottoln ot' which the two tubes B B, that are closed at their lower ends, extend perpendicularly down.

.(J is the hollow cover ot' the tank A, made ottwo plates ot' metal, a and b', bolted or otherwise fastened together at their edges, and holding between their edges a strip of rubber, c', or other elastic substance, that projects somewhat and makes a close joint between the cover C and the tank A. 1

Secured to the under side ot' the cover C are two rods, D D, that project downward into the tubes B B, and serve as guides to keep the cover C on a level as it moves downward.

E is the removable handle of the cover C, that lnay be removed from over the aperture f', so that shot or other heavy material may be introduced through the aperture in the cover C to give it added weight.

F is the vertical tube ior conducting the contents of the tank A into the horizont-al perforated pipe Gr, that is provided with perforations g g. The pipe F is furnished with a cock, H, for regulating the flow of water through it.

I I are the cups, provided with cover h', ixed on each end of the pipe F and connect ing with its interior.

K is the pan set under and reaching in front ot' the pipe F, for the purpose ot receiving the heavier portions of the spray ejected from the said pipe F 5 and Lrepresents sponge or other absorbent substance for absorbing said spray or moisture.

rIhe process consists in placing simple or medicated water in the tank; in then placing the cover in position, weighted, if desirable, so that it may press upon the surface of the liquid in the tank; then the cockH is opened, or partly opened, and the liquid is forced by the weight of the cover down through the pipe F into the pipe G, and out through the perforations g g to moisten the atmosphere, and at the same time chemicals or drugs of any desired kind are dissolved and introduced into the water in pipe G through the cups II, in order to impart to the atmosphere a more active medicinalv el'fect. ThisI part ot' the apparatus and this process are to be used and applied for the purpose of changing the character ot' the atmosphere of high altitudes to that of low altitudes.

The, api'iaratus is designed to be used in private dwellings, hotels, and hospitals, -for the beneiit especially of those suil'ering from throat or lung diseases.

In times oi' slow traveling, invalids remov- -ing for their health from a locality of high altitude to one of low altitude, or vice versa, gradually effected the change and generally were benefitted thereby; but in these times. ot' rapid traveling the change in such cases is usually so sudden and decided that the invalid is injured rather than benefited by it. It is for the benefit of such invalids that this apparatus and process are designed.

One going from the South to Colorado, for example, can on his arrival be at first treated with an atmosphere resembling that which he has just left, and gradually those peculiar characteristics ot' the atmosphere of his for mer home may be .changed until he becomes accustomed to the pure and unadulterated air ofthe place to which he has resorted, when, becoming acclimated, his physical condition may be regarded as fully strengthened against'.

a recurrence of' his former illness.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combination of tank A, tubes B B, hollow cover C, provided with elastic strips c' and handle E, rods D D, tube F, perforated pipe G, and cups I I with pan K and absorbeut L, substantially as herein shown, and for the purpose described.

HENRY RYAN FOWLER.

Witnesses H. J. MATTHEWS, A. M. Looms.,

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